Mask

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Culture Idoma

Title Mask (Akatakpulakpula)

Date Unknown

Medium Wood and pigment

Dimensions Object: 14 1/16 × 26 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (35.7 × 67.6 × 34.9 cm)
Overall: 14 1/16 × 26 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (35.7 × 67.6 × 34.9 cm)

Credit Line Gift of Albert Votaw, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 77.82

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About this Work

Among Idoma woodcarvers, individual inventiveness is encouraged in the creation of masks and figures. Today a great number of Idoma masks continue to be used and produced, some under the influence of an increased secularization of associated dance societies. These masks are used both for rituals associated with these dance societies as well as during funerals.

This mask, associated with the Akatakpulakpula society, composed of elders of the community, appeared at the funerals of members of the society as well as at harvest time.

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"Mask | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=77.82